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February 10, 2017
“The Path Of Most Resistance” Launch — “Spoiler Alert”
The Path Of Most Resistance The heaviest weight. The hardest class. The highest mountain. Those difficult challenges are the ones that make us and mature us. The greater the resistance, the stronger the result. And it’s the same with what we call a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Even though most of us would like Read the full article...
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February 9, 2017
What A Day That Will Be
A lot of you know that I spent they years 1990-1999 pastoring in Monroe, North Carolina, a medium-sized town about 30 miles south and east of Charlotte. As is typical of United Methodist pastors, I served two churches at the same time (called a two-point charge): Mt. Carmel was the larger church, where I preached Read the full article...
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February 8, 2017
Wordsmithing And The One Point Sermon
Not long ago, I received an email from someone who attended Good Shepherd for a season and then had to move to another part of the country. Anyway, part of his email said that he and his family still remember and use the phrase “forgiveness is learned, so teach it well.” It’s a phrase I Read the full article...
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February 7, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things I Never Get Tired Of
If you know me at all, you know I like my routines. Actually, I love them. Honestly, I live by them. And so in the middle of all that, there are five things above all others that I just never get tired of. Here they are: 1.Listening to Don Henley’s The Boys Of Summer, Read the full article...
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February 6, 2017
“The Not Eating Habit” Sermon Rewind
How to make a sermon on fasting interesting? Or relevant? Or fun? Well, I’m not sure I accomplished any of the above, but I did make it practical. We distributed a very clear Call To Action at the conclusion: a church-wide fast on Monday, February 6, complete with instructions on how to fast and what Read the full article...
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February 3, 2017
Creatures Of Habit, Week 5 — The Not Eating Habit
It’s Super Bowl Sunday. It’s Scouting For Food Sunday. ( See below.) And yet it’s the Sunday we wind up Creatures Of Habit with a message called “The Not Eating Habit”? What in the world is that about? Sunday. 8:30, 10, 11:30 on Moss Road. 10, 11:30 on Zoar Road. 11:30 Latino. As you Read the full article...
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February 2, 2017
Before Something Comes Out Of Your Mouth It Should Have A Pit Stop In Your Brain
When I am walking in the flesh — meaning, not rigorously & consistently connected to the Holy Spirit — I can fall into a trap. The trap that says all my thoughts needs to be verbalized. As if I’ll lose it if I don’t say it. Sarcastic thoughts. Condescending thoughts. Gloating thoughts. Prideful thoughts. Even Read the full article...
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February 1, 2017
Celebrate His Rule With Trembling
Here’s Psalm 2:11 Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Yikes. I sense that few people celebrate the Lord’s rule. More object to it. Still more re-fashion it to suit their own agenda. Even more simply ignore it. And yet the call to celebrate his rule — better yet, to do so with trembling — Read the full article...
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January 31, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Rock Acts Who’ll Never Appear On A Top Five Tuesday
In the eight years I’ve had this blog, I have often devoted my Top Five Tuesday space to countdowns of favorite rock acts. Top Five Led Zeppelin songs? Here. Top Five Steely Dan songs? Here. Top Five Rolling Stones songs? Here. Top Five songs I’ve heard the most in my life, ever? Here. Top Five Read the full article...
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January 30, 2017
The “Habitude” Sermon Rewind
So . . . how do three pastors in two languages preach variations on the same sermon while on different campuses? Very carefully is the expected answer; I pray that Very boldly was the real one. Here was yesterday’s situation: Chris Thayer, the site pastor of our Zoar Road Campus, and I had decided that Read the full article...
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